Cricinfo Blogs

Bowl dumb, Broad

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:09:41 GMT

Mark Butcher and Iain O'Brien join Jarrod Kimber to discuss why Broad can be great or garbage, what the state of BJ Watling's patella is, how Root looks worse topless than Compton, and whether Dan Vettori's bench time makes him Test ready

From suspended animation to slapstick frenzy

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:53:55 GMT

Aka the first Test of the English summer. Get your stats here. Line up, line up

Surrey's Smith-shaped hole yawns wide

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:45 GMT

There is plenty of talent at Surrey but the discipline and resolve shown in Graeme Smith's few weeks at the club has quickly dissipated

Administration partly to blame for corruption

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:50 GMT

Will fans really stop watching the IPL?

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT

With the limited time, need for ten wickets, and bowlers open to experimentation, cricket, in its shortest form, is open up to mistakes. Therefore how can one adjudge between legal or illegal? Conundrums such as these makes it difficult for fans to really

What a baby

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:42:45 GMT

Leadership looks a distant dream for Warner

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:58 GMT

Picking a fight over an issue the Australian public doesn't really care about, that too with journalists of considerable repute, isn't going to help Warner in the long run

IPL a breeding ground for greed

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:54 GMT

Santosh Desai, in his column for Times of India ponders over the actions of the Rajasthan trio, and whether their actions are solely to blame, or have they too been tainted by the nefarious forces that make up the IPL

News of corruption disheartening - Jaywawardene

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:28:57 GMT

Mahela Jayawardene, the Delhi Daredevils captain, has said the spot-fixing controversy that has marred the Indian Premier League this season has been disheartening and disappointing

The dangers of social media

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:07 GMT

With social media increasingly becoming an important part of our world, it is only inevitable that cricketers, and their dirty laundry, are being aired more frequently than ever before. The recent Twitter spat between sports journalist Malcolm Conn and Au

IPL shows merits of quality spin

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:20:29 GMT

Spin has never been in higher demand and the current IPL season goes to prove that resoundingly. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha writes in the Live Mint about how quality spin and the art of deception can go hand in hand in putting pressure on batsmen

UK media shows massive interest in the IPL

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:02:01 GMT

Journalists rub their hands in glee before typing out the standard "I told you so" pieces

'A spinner must have the ability to take punishment'

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:39:18 GMT

R Ashwin's coach, former Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner Sunil Subramaniam, talks about the qualities he looks for in young spinners, the tweaks to Ashwin's action before the home series against Australia, and the future of Indian spin bowling

Allrounders plot Durham's path up the table

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:23:17 GMT

In a transitional season that threatened to be another haunted by relegation worries, Durham have found a successful formula

Taking in McLeodganj

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:22:54 GMT

Ben Rohrer clocks plenty of air miles, visits the Taj Mahal and McLeod Ganj and explains why Chennai is a shock to the system

New Zealand's quiet man

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:29:26 GMT

More to come for Anderson

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:31:28 GMT

Comments on fixing stories

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:55:35 GMT

We haven't invited readers' views on the latest spot-fixing scandal because of libel issues

Keeping score

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:51:58 GMT

All hail the box

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:46:13 GMT

There's no one better to sing the praises of the abdomen guard than someone who grew up playing without one, or wearing one with an infernal buckle

Fixing old farts

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:52:44 GMT

Bookies text, Warner rages, Pathan kicks, a political party moralises, Zimbabwe's coach pushes, and Glenn Maxwell remains awesome

Notts find one-day could be their way

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:03:51 GMT

After a shaky start in the Championship and a perfect opening to the YB40, one-day cricket could be Notts' best chance of silverware this season

And the IPL machine continues...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:14 GMT

Is it right for the IPL to continue, even though the spot-fixing scandal has thrown doubt over what constitutes legitimate or illegitimate play? Gaurav Kalra in his blog on IBN Live endeavours to investigate

Why I don't really care about the Ashes

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:47:36 GMT

The tide of hyperbolic drivel has been rising with every series since 2005

Test careers that started and finished strong

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:02 GMT

An analysis of how well the leading Test batsmen started and finished their illustrious careers

Gloucestershire building steadily through Klinger

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:14:06 GMT

After some scepticism about his worth, Michael Klinger has begun to produce with the bat and Gloucestershire are developing around their new skipper

Bowlers speak out

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:21:50 GMT

The hardest workers on the field react to the spot-fixing scandal

IPL spot-fixing 'tip of the iceberg'

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:25:30 GMT

The Hindu editorial argues how Indian cricket's credibility is in a crisis, and that a major clean-up operation is required in order to prevent future dalliances between players and bookies

'England must be crapping themselves a wee bit'

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:19 GMT

Mike Lane, Dylan Cleaver and Paul Ford wade through cricket news (or ruse), review Lawrence Booth's Cricket, Lovely Cricket, feel happy being zero-expectation fans, and declare NZ's bowling to be better than what England will face in the Ashes

Gilchrist to retire from IPL at end of season

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:14 GMT